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title: 'Home Canning: Tomatoes, Sealing'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/home-canning-tomatoes-sealing-1943/
description: Instruction chart numbered 7 in a USDA home-canning set. Three photographs show a jar rim being wiped, a glass lid and ring being fitted
section: Collection
---

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# Home Canning: Tomatoes, Sealing

Instruction chart numbered 7 in a USDA home-canning set. Three photographs show a jar rim being wiped, a glass lid and ring being fitted (labelled Glass top and Top seal rubber), and a metal band being screwed on. The orange V behind the title links the kitchen task to the war effort; the technique is faint.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
HOME
CANNING
Tomatoes
SEALING
Wipe off food that may prevent a perfect seal.
With top seal rubber, fit ring over glass lid...set lid in place.
Glass top
Top seal rubber
Screw metal band on tight...then turn back a quarter-turn.
Caution: This applies only to this jar top pictured.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Price 50c per set of 20 charts
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—539498
7
BUREAU OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND HOME ECONOMICS
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
```

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